Improvement in cases or boxes for holding cups and saucers



T. HAVILAND. Case or Box for Holding Cups and sauoersf No. 210,688.Patented Dec. 10,18?8.

I I1 w A 1 NPEFERS, FHDTDLETNOGRIIPHER. WASHINGTON, a c4 FFICE.

THEODORE HAVILAND, OF NEXV YORK, N.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASES 0R BOXES FOR HOLDING CUPS AND SAUCERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 210,6SS, dated December10, 1878; application filed September 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE HAVIL AND, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Case or Box for Holding Cupsand Saucers, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the drawings which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to boxes or cases arranged to hold cups and saucersand consists of a boxprovi ded with a hinged cover, and compartments ofsizes proportionate to the difference in size between the cups andsaucers, the compartments for the cups being arranged to hold one cupeach,and thosefor the saucers being arranged to hold four saucers each.

I am aware that boxes have been made with compartments of varying sizesbut I am not aware that they have been made previous to my inventionarranged in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

The box or case herein set forth is put to gether without nails, beingtongued together at its corners, and the dividing-strips to thecompartments are notched into the side pieces of the case to keep themin place, no nails bein 2; used to hold the box together.

To enable persons skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1will proceed to describe it,rei'errin gto the drawing, which makes partof this specification, in which the same letters indicate similar partsin the several drawings.

Figure 1 1s a top View of my case, with the cover A raised to expose toview the cups and saucers in their respective compartments, and showingthe dividing-strips notched into the side pieces at a a a, 850., to holdthem in place, without the use of nails. The sides are shown at thecorners, tongued together, also, without nails. The cover A is hinged tothe box B, and also constructed without nails. 0 O are lugs to securethe cups by the handles in their places.

Fig. 2 shows the box or case in side view, with the cover A raised andhinged to case B.

The cups and saucers are shown in dotted lines-one cup in eachcup-compartment, and four saucers in each saucer-compartment. The cupsare turned about to more readily show the handles.

The whole is arrai'iged to secure the cups and saucers against breakagein transportation, and to form a convenient case to exhibit them in when,in store, and to enable one to know readily when one or more aremissing, after being used, without countin Such a case will prove ofgreat convenience to housekeepers for the sat'e-keepin g of expensivechina-ware, Ste.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A box or case for cups and saucers, tongucd together at its corners,having a hinged cover, and provided with compartments of two sizes, thepartitions being secured in position, as shown and described, saidsmaller compartments being provided with lugs or projecting pieces onone side to hold the cups firmly by their handles, as shown anddescribed, the whole being constructed in the manner and for thepurposes specified.

THEODORE HAVILAND.

\Vitn esses THOS. P. How, J nuns M. HICKS.

